NHS waiting times · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · Trauma & Orthopaedics

How long is the wait for a knee replacement at Christchurch Hospital?

The NHS does not publish waiting times for individual hospitals. This figure is for University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Christchurch Hospital, and it is the wait that applies to you here.

54weeks

Updated June 2026 · (Referral to Treatment — the NHS wait-time framework)

This is how long 8 in 10 patients wait for the whole Trauma & Orthopaedics specialty at this trust, from GP referral to the start of treatment — the NHS does not publish a wait for knee replacement on its own.

Faster hospitals within 100 miles of Christchurch Hospital

Distances are straight-line from this hospital's own location, so this list is specific to Christchurch Hospital.

  • Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust · Wiltshire41w · 21 mi · 13w faster
  • Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust · Portsmouth51w · 32 mi · 3w faster
  • Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Basingstoke and Deane48w · 47 mi · 6w faster
  • Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust · Bath and North East Somerset38w · 52 mi · 16w faster
  • Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Swindon52w · 55 mi · 2w faster
  • University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust · Bristol, City of31w · 60 mi · 23w faster

Other hospitals run by University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Same trust, so the wait above applies at these too — your care could be at any of them.

  • Royal Bournemouth Hospital1 mi
  • St Mary's Hospital8 mi
  • Poole Hospital8 mi

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